When moving to the beginning of your tax year in Peachtree Accounting, be sure to adjust for the new state unemployment rate.
This will insure the accuracy of Peachtree’s calculation of the amount you’ll pay at the end of the first quarter.
Make these adjustments at the beginning of your tax year
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A list of your assets is great for estate planning but, in addition, what
your heirs will appreciate is a map to find the items they need after you’re gone. This downloadable form (see the link below) will not only make sure you have the vital estate documents, but will help your heirs to locate them as well.
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For our clients using Peachtree Accounting:
If you own one of the Premium versions of Peachtree Accounting, you’ll get the following screen during the year end close at period 24.
Check this before closing
By checking the Archive Company box, you’ll cause the system to create an extra company and preserve the ability to view all reports of prior year data.
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One way to determine the power of any organization is to take a look at their numbers.
Without commenting on the good accomplished or the harm done, one has to grant the Unions are powerful forces in the social and political structure of America.
Need some proof? Here are some convincing stats. Take special notice of the last two lines.
Annual Dues Paid to Unions: $8,217,838,676
Total Union Assets: $8,804,794,935
Total Spending
Representational Activities: $4,081,097,858
Political Activities: $579,624,489
External Contributions: $321,121,214
Overhead: $3,905,927,269
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Unions that fail to pass Department of Labor audits: 92%
Total union officers and staff members: 173,503 people
Total compensation paid to union officials and officers: $1,141,540,980
Total compensation paid to union employees: $2,562,757,481
Major Unions with White Presidents: 94%
Major Unions with Male Presidents: 89%
Unfair Labor Practices filed against unions in the last 10 years: 65,529
Duty of Fair Representation 32,235
Hiring Halls 2,236
Actions of Picketers 1,742
Union Security Related (including Beck) 1,636
Coercive Statements 1,376
Source: National Labor Relations Board Case Activity Tracking System database.
Total Union Members: 14.7 Million
Percentage of Workforce that is Unionized: 11.9%
Private Sector Employees: 7.0 million (6.9%)
Public Sector Employees: 7.6 million (36.2%)
Source: UnionStats.com analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics ‘ Current Population Survey.
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Our country’s CEO has said we should “share the wealth.” We have a way for you to do just that. By clicking
the circled links, (see the top and bottom sections of a prior post below) you can share a wealth of tax-savings ideas with all your friends who use social media. And best of all, it won’t cost you a cent to spread this kind of wealth.
How to really share the wealth
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As if the IRS wasn’t enough to deal with, now Quickbooks owners have another hidden trap that Intuit is just waiting for you to stumble into. The trap centers around the wording in the licensing agreement. Simply put, it’s not a per user license like most multi-user software. Instead, it’s a per person license.Same result if a salesman grabs a customer report once a year.
Intuit has expressed the desire to pursue legal action on the above real-life example.
Customer abuse? You be the judge!
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I’ve always liked the Capital One credit card commercial that closes with the line “What’s in your wallet?”
We’re asking, “What’s on your copier?” The amount of confidential data that’s stored forever on your business copier
might surprise and come back to haunt you. Need proof? Check out this video.
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Under the “department of statistics that really scare me” , here are some charts that show
the rapid growth of Americans on the government dole.
Growth of Federal subsidy programs
Here’s the same information showing which departments are the most culpable.
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We’ve been asked how the free portal service lets you securely send your data to us. Just click the image below and
watch how easy it is.
How to securely send your data
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Things are rarely what they appear to be in the financial markets.
Sometimes your real yield is what is left after the taxes have been paid.
E-mail us for the free spreadsheet below to determine the effective yield of
a tax-free investment vs one that is fully taxable.
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As we find useful articles on marketing your company, etc. We’ll post a review on your individual portal. Here’s a sample of a great book I recently read on commons sense marketing [See this Link].
You receive an email from us telling you that we added information to your portal and a Flag (like the one below) that designates the new info.
Saving our client's time
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For the small business, this one tool will track present a financial picture of all checks, deposits, wire transfers, and balance of your business accounts.
Use this link. [Requires Excel 2007 or greater.]Small Business Record Keeping
Small Business Bookkeeping
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Sales are down, so we need to cut prices-right? Not necessarily. The truth illustrated in the video below shows that price cutting in almost never the way to grow profits.
The video shows that, at a 35% profit margin, a 10% price cut means you must increase sales by 40% just to stay even. Hard to believe? Take a look below.
E-mail us if you’d like a free analysis of your own business pricing structure.
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